Ingredients and Method to make Wacky cake (adapted from this recipe)
1 and 1/2 cup all purpose flour (maida)
1 and 1/2 cup all purpose flour (maida)
2 and 1/2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp white vinegar
1 tsp vanilla extract
5 Tbsp oil + a little extra for greasing the dish
1 cup water
Pre heat oven @ 350 deg F ( approx 180 deg C)
Grease a 8 inch square baking dish and keep aside.
In
the same baking dish, add the first five dry ingredients and mix well.
Make three depressions in the dry mix, two small and one larger one.
Add vinegar and vanilla extract separately to the two smaller depressions and oil to the larger depression.
Add water and mix everything together gently, make sure to scrape the corners in order to include any flour in the corners.
Place the dish in the middle rack and bake for 32 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Remove, cool a little, glaze the cake or top with a little powdered sugar , slice and enjoy.
I used glaze this time, the recipe for the glaze is given below
For the glaze
1 cup powdered sugar / confectioners sugar
2 and 1/2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder ( see notes)
2 Tbsp milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Mix
all the ingredients together in a small bowl , drizzle on top of the
cake when it cools a little and spread evenly. Slice and enjoy. This
quantity was just right to cover this entire cake.
Notes:
With
2 and 1/2 Tbsp of cocoa powder the glaze tasted slightly chocolatey, if
you want a more pronounced chocolate taste increase the cocoa powder to
3 Tbsp or even 3 and 1/2 Tbsp of cocoa powder or to taste.
